W to Say: Hello Dalai

Just so that you know that I’m not playing a one-note samba and just spewing anti-Bush vitriol, let me say: President Bush did something good, right, fair, commendable and brave today. He announced that he would attend the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama.

This really makes China mad and that is probably a good thing. Their record on civil rights, on human rights and on religious rights is deplorable. Their lies and cover-ups on lead, poisons, bird flu and all issues of health and environment are despicable. Their threats to other countries that dare receive someone of whom they do not approve are bellicose bullying, and we should not kowtow to it—as we have in the past.

China claims that any sentiment of support for human rights—even in Tibet—is interfering with their domestic policies. Well, telling us whom to honor or receive is damn well messing with our internal affairs. Butt out!

They tell us it will be bad for bi-lateral relations. What? They’ll cut down on the lead-poisoned toys they allow us to buy, or stop shipping toxic toothpaste, or clean the ponds where they raise their “farm-raised fish.” Boy, that will teach us to give them some respect. NOT!

So, as hard as it is for me, here goes: Left-leaning liberal props for W.